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Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that progress?

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

Evidence from the pandemic found that bighorn sheep populations soared when people weren’t around to disturb them.

The world still faces a growing extinction crisis, but that hasn’t stopped conservation efforts or individual overachievers. Here are some of the animals who made a difference.

We asked conservation researchers to send us their best papers of 2024. They surprised us with some powerful and important science.